Water-gage safety-valve



F. F. BEESE.

WATER GAGE SAFETY VALVE. APPLICATION min mus. 1919.

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fly -15 ATTOKNEYJZ FRANK F. IBEESE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WATEIBQGAGE SAFETY-VALVE.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 19 20.

Application filed July 5, 1919. Serial No. 308,720.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK F. Bnnsn', acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements inWater-Gage Safety-Valves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gages employed in connection with steamboilers for indicating the water level, and consisting of a glass tubeone end of which'comm'unicates with the water space .of the boiler andthe other end with the steam space.

The invention has for its object to provide the gage with a novel andimproved safety valve which prevents the escape of steam and hot waterin the eventof breakage of the glass tube.

. The object stated is attained by means of a combination andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and inorder that the-same may be better understood, reference is had to theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.-

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is an elevation of the gage, and Fig. 2 is a sectional detailof the safety valve.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes a gage glass connectedat its upper end to a valve casing-6 and at its lower end to a valvecasing 7. The casing 6 is con-; nected by a tube 8 tofthe steam space ofthe boiler, and 'a tube 9 connects the casing 7 with the water space, sothat the water level will be indicated in the lass tube 5. These parts,except as hereina ern ted, are of standard design, in view of whic .adetailed description thereof is not necessary. 7 A drain valve 10,asusual, is also provided.

Between the gage glass 5 andthe boiler,

- the tube or connection 8 is provided with a safety valve in the formof a sphere or ball This valve is located in a casing 12'. which isinterposed between the tube 8 and reduction at one end of the chamber13.

The end of the sleeve 14 which opens into the chamber 13 is beveled toform a seat 15 for the valve 11, and when the latter is 'on said seat,the gage glass is cut ofl from the boiler.

In the bottom of the chamber 13, at the inlet side of the port 14, is apocket 16 in which seats a cup 17 carried by a screw stem 18 which isthreaded through a plug pocket. The pocket is so dimensioned that thevalve 11 can pass therethrough, and

hence it can betaken out and replaced upon removal of the plug 19.

Normally, the valve 11 is oil the seat 15 and seats in the cup 17, thisbeing due to the fact that the pressure is equal on all sides of thevalve. If new the glass 5 should side of the valve 11 will force it tothe seat 15, and hence the steam cannot escape from the broken glass.After the glass'has been replaced, the valve 11 can be forced off the Vseat 15 by running the stem 18 upward un- .70 break, the superiorpressure on the boiler diately engages the latter when the glass breaks,but not so close as to prevent the free passage of steam through thesleeve 14.

The connection 9 is also provided with a safety valve constructed andoperating in the same manner as the one hereinbefore described.

.Iclaimz The combination with the glass of a-water gage and theconnection of, saidglass with the boiler; of a valve chamber. in saidconnection in communication at one end with the boiler and having at theother end a port opening to the glass, said port having a valve seat, aball valve in the chamber, a movable support below the valve on which itnormally rests awafy; seat, said valve being support to the. seat, and ascrew stem carrying the support for advancing. the same to push thevalve ofi its seat when it engages the same.

In tdstimonywhereof I afiix my signature.

FRANK F. BEESE.

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